Re: [libreoffice-l10n] QA and Native language communities

Hi Italo, all,
On 02/09/2012 12:11, Italo Vignoli wrote:
> Il 24/08/2012 18:04, Sophie Gautier ha scritto:
>
> > We already have language lists on the language subsites, it's
> > possible to have them along with the users@xx.libreoffice.org, etc,
> > like qa@xx.libreoffice.org.
>
> At the moment, I would use the users@xx.libreoffice.org, at least for
> the upcoming minor releases (3.6.x), to see what happens when we send
> out a message in the native language inviting users to test the new
> version in order to find bugs and regressions.
>
> Then we can think about a qa@xx.libreoffice.org for the native languages
> where there is a sizeable community of local testers, and connect this
> mailing list to the general qa@global.libreoffice.org mailing list.

Just for information, currently we use the discuss@fr list to manage the 
QA sessions we organized. Usually, we try to avoid to use the users@fr 
list because some versions may need to be very carefully installed, 
removed, etc... as it will overwrite the user profile or corrupt some 
documents.
> > > One thing we could do is, if you prepare a reminder message in
> > > English, we can translate it so that you can append translations
> > > and send it the local lists. A short reminder message, I mean,
> > > something like:
> > >
> > > ****** LibreOffice version XXXX is approaching, and needs your
> > > important help.
> > >
> > > For those people interested in Quality Assurance and Test Case
> > > contribution, please download the latest RC version here:
> > > [address], install it, then
> > >
> > > - login and perform Test Case in Litmus/MozTrap: [address]
> > >
> > > Thank you for help the community! *******
>
> Let's try to send out this message for the next minor release, and see
> what happens from there.
>
> > > A little incentive for the (best?) contributors could be some
> > > gadget: a branded pen, t-shirt, mug, sticks or something like
> > > that.
>
> We have stickers, and given the low price we can even think about a
> specific version for native language communities and specific projects
> (like "member of LibreOffice Italian Team" and "member of LibreOffice QA
> Team").
>
> I will try to coordinate with Valter Mura for the Italian native
> language community.

Thanks a lot!

Kind regards
Sophie

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